Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

From providing vital diagnostic screenings for a wide range of conditions, to playing a pivotal role in precision medicine, clinical laboratories are a crucial component of America’s health system ...

This study shows automatic, practical, simple, and effective strategies designed in the laboratory, in consensus with requesting clinicians, to improve laboratory test appropriateness. Objectives: The ...

The need for understandable and transparent pricing for medical services in the U.S. has increased in urgency with the continuing rise of out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Americans are delaying ...